One’s education starts from family, especially from his or her mother. Here is a story__26__ happened in my childhood.
One Saturday morning, I was watching TV in the living room with my two brothers. My mum__27__ several apples of different colors and sizes. She put all the apples on the table, then __28__me and my younger brothers, “Which do you like ?”__29__ my younger brothers and I wanted the biggest one. __30__ I could say “ The biggest one”, one of my brothers stood up and said what I wanted to say.
My mum __31__ the biggest apple and said to us, “It is __32__to get the biggest apple. Many people want the best thing, but few really get it. Now let’s start a __33__. Look at the lawn(草坪) in front of our __34__. I’ll divide it into three parts. Each of you must finish pruning(修剪) __35__own share. The best and quickest one will be__36__the biggest apple.” I won the apple finally.
Since then, I have learned to try my best to succeed whenever I get a chance. I work __37__to get what I want. That was what my mother advised me to do. I feel very thankful to my mum because she taught me a very basic but the most __38__lesson. It is quite fair that we can get what we want __39__competing (竞争). My mother kept teaching us in this way and we followed her __40__ all the time.
I do believe that mother is the first teacher of children, who can teach them to be a No.1 pursuing person.

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Dad lost his job after arguing with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money ____80____. On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket wrapped around me, so I offered to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. We ____81____ at the sky. Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wildness. Rich city people, he’d say, live in fancy apartments, but their air was so polluted they couldn’t even see the stars.

“Pick out your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas ____82____. “You can’t give me a star,” I said, “____83____ owns the stars.”

“That’s right,” Dad said, “But you can consider it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”

I raised my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out which was the best one. Then, I found one.

“I want that one.” I said.

Dad smiled. “That’s Venus,” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much closer than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her own light. She shone only from reflected light.”

“I like it anyway,” I said, “I had loved Venus even before that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.”

Dad said, “Ok, it’s Christmas. I ____84____ your decision. You can have it if you want.” And he gave me Venus.

We all laughed about the kids who believed in the Santa myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. “Many years later, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “you will ____85____ have your star.

80. A. at first              B. at once                 C. at all                    D. at least

81. A. looked up          B. looked for                C. look out                   D. look after

82. A. dinner                B. card                         C. party                     D. present

83. A. Everybody          B. Somebody                 C. Anybody       D. Nobody

84. A. desire                 B. respect                      C. recognize                D. require

85. A. even                  B. never                  C. already                  D. still

One’s education starts from family, especially from his or her mother. Here is a story1 happened in my childhood.
One Saturday morning, I was watching TV in the living room with my two brothers. My mum2 several apples of different colors and sizes. She put all the apples on the table, then 3me and my younger brothers, “Which do you like ?”4 my younger brothers and I wanted the biggest one. 5 I could say “ The biggest one”, one of my brothers stood up and said what I wanted to say.
My mum 6 the biggest apple and said to us, “It is 7to get the biggest apple. Many people want the best thing, but few really get it. Now let’s start a 8. Look at the lawn(草坪) in front of our 9. I’11 divide it into three parts. Each of you must finish pruning(修剪) 10own share. The best and quickest one will be11the biggest apple.” I won the apple finally.
Since then, I have learned to try my best to succeed whenever I get a chance. I work 12to get what I want. That was what my mother advised me to do. I feel very thankful to my mum because she taught me a very basic but the most 13lesson. It is quite fair that we can get what we want 14competing (竞争). My mother kept teaching us in this way and we followed her 15 all the time.
I do believe that mother is the first teacher of children, who can teach them to be a No.1 pursuing person.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      how
   2. B.
      what
   3. C.
      that
   4. D.
      when
2. 2.
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      wanted
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      hid
   4. D.
      brought
3. 3.
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      told
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   4. D.
      asked
4. 4.
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5. 5.
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6. 6.
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      picked up
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      gave up
7. 7.
   1. A.
      good
   2. B.
      strange
   3. C.
      bad
   4. D.
      polite
8. 8.
   1. A.
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   2. B.
      party
   3. C.
      conversation
   4. D.
      competition
9. 9.
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      house
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      library
10. 10.
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    4. D.
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11. 11.
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12. 12.
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    2. B.
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    3. C.
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    4. D.
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13. 13.
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15. 15.
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